My promotion went through - full professor as of August 1. It’s still sinking in! Thanks to all of you out there who have supported me over the years (especially my lab - couldn’t do it w/o you!) and a special thanks to my letter writers! 🎉 #brinsmadelab

Hesding down to ASM Microbe Mechanism Discovery meeting in a bit. I can’t believe it’s already June!!!

Exciting day for the #brindmsmadelab. @marcelleferreira.bsky.social defends her PhD thesis today!! #phdlife

On my way to the Missouri Valley Branch @asm.org meeting! Excited to see everyone and hear some great science!! @gubiology.bsky.social #ASMDL

Last day of ABRCMS! Making the most of it - seeing posters and talks, and chatting science with awesome scientists. Importantly, making time for great people! Michael and I even found the Alamo! Bring on the banquet! @copperbae.bsky.social @asm.org @gubiology.bsky.social #abrcms

Important comments this morning at ABRCMS from my Georgetown colleague Dr. Caleb McKinney

Kate Sleeth Patterson, Ph.D.@edukatedstem.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It is always nice to support friends and colleagues! Watching @biologistbill.bsky.social , Dr. Caleb McKinney and Robin Sugiura present on doing a postdoc or not on behalf of the National Postdoctoral Association. This is always an important talk given each year at #ABRCMS2025.

Up early for ABRCMS! Day 1 for me! Come hear me share a developing story from my lab on Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. There’s microbial physiology, and polymicrobial interactions during infection! Today: Session 9 at 10 am in 214D #Brinsmadelab @gubiology.bsky.social #abrcms2025

So excited to be traveling to the ABRCMS meeting today! Excited to meet new scientists, hear about awesome science, and to tell folx about some of the work we are doing in the #Brinsmadelab! @asm.org @gubiology.bsky.social @sdcolbert.bsky.social @dmedelstein.bsky.social abrcms.org

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Quick weekend read when you get the chance! I’m excited to announce that the preprint for a major chapter of my thesis work is out on BioRxiv! In this study, we highlight the essential role that pyrimidine metabolism plays in promoting activity of the SaeRS TCS in Staphylococcus aureus! 1/3

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · last yr.

Pyrimidine sufficiency is required for Sae two-component system signaling in Staphylococcus aureus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.20.644390v1

Last call - submit your abstract for the Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology June 2-6! Abstract submission closes April 30th. Be sure to also register and book your room by May 2nd to lock in the group rate. Check wriver.sites.unlv.edu for details.

Come join us in beautiful Breckenridge!!

@windriverconf.bsky.social · last yr.

Abstract and registration deadlines for this year's Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology have been extended until April 11th! Check out wriver.sites.unlv.edu for more information! In it's 69th year, and for the second year in Breckenridge, CO, this is an historic, trainee-focused meeting.

Have you registered for Wind River yet? Join us in beautiful Breckenridge, CO this June. Registration is ongoing and abstract submission is open. Check out wriver.sites.unlv.edu for details! Please spread the word - this is a fabulous trainee-centered meeting with top notch science and great people!

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My editorial simultaneously published in all of @asm.org's journals addresses the ongoing effort by the administration to halt efforts to diversify science. It should be obvious from ASM Journals' efforts over the years, but we aren't fans journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

A call for healing and unity | mBio

Executive orders signed since 20 January 2025 aim to end programs intended to diversify the scientific workforce via equitable and inclusive practices and processes; cut federal funding for research and innovation; and stifle scientific communications. They represent a stunning reversal of policies that have been the bedrock of the U.S. scientific research enterprise and its leadership in the world, and therefore not surprisingly they have been met with a number of legal challenges. Some of the executive orders have been blocked by temporary restraining orders, and others are pending judicial review.

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Wind River Conf returns to Breckenridge in June 2025! Come for phenomenal science and outstanding people. Keynotes: Drs @kathlemon.bsky.social @corihuela.bsky.social Briana Burton Joe Bondy-Denomy Join us!!

@windriverconf.bsky.social · 2y ago

Registration and abstract submission is open! Come to beautiful Breckenridge for the 69th Annual Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology June 2-6, 2025 at the Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center! Abstracts due April 1, lodging due May 2. wriver.sites.unlv.edu